Happy birthday Sweet Angel!

Alana turned 1, and we could not me any prouder of her than we are! She is an amazing, fun, loving and independent little girl! She adores her little brother, and she has just so much love to share! Her smiles just brings joy to our family!

We decided to do a family picture session instead of a party. She is too young to remember, and the pictures will last forever! We put her in the cutest outfit ever, and we all dressed in the same colors. The pictures came out adorable!

On the night of her birthday we invited some friends and family over, and sang happy birthday . . . . the kids played with their cousins and had a blast.

Jorge has been doing great. He has been eating like a champ, and is now learning to pay theUkelele. He is also in swimming and art classes. They are very active children, so I need to keep them extremely busy!

Alana is also in music classes, and is learning to swim. In her case they teach her to float and scream while she floats so she will be rescued!!!!!

On Alana's milestones she can climb on the slide, and slide all by herself. She can get down from the bed without assistance. She is finally sleeping all night and in her big girl room!!!

Last night we put Jorge to bed like we always do. First we pray, then we tell him a bedtime story, and then we give him an excuse ( I need to use the restroom, will be right back) so we can leave his room, and he falls asleep by himself. Yesterday we prayed, we told him the bedtime story, and then he kicked us out, he said go use the bathroom already! He is such a mature little boy . . . an amazing kid!!!!

We have two amazing children, and we are absolutely in love with them!

Welcome 2014!

A lot has happened in the last 2 months!!! Alana started walking . . . . she started at 9.5 months giving a few steps then falling, then we went on a mini vacation to Curacao, where she turned 10 months, and right there at the airport, she decided it was time to fly, and has been unstoppable ever since.

Jorge has been talking so much better, his eating is almost perfect, and we discovered he has astigmatism, so he got glasses. He is very excited about them. We also found out he has a droopy eye, so at some point he will get that fixed.

We celebrated Alana's first Christmas, and it was amazing, The kids has so much fun. Jorge asked Santa to bring him an entire store almost, but he is a kid that loves to play, so Santa brought him every single item on his list.

We went to Orlando for New Years. Both my kids danced the night away, they got on the Dj stand and performed for the entire party, it was amazing to see Jorge doing so well, and for Alana to follow him, they were just the cutest thing ever.

Now we are preparing ourselves for Alana's first birthday. Not quite sure what we will do, but her outfit is ready . . . . cannot wait for this day!!!!

Jorge turned 4!

This month we celebrated Jorge's 4th birthday! We had a small party at school, and then did a small get together at home! He had a blast at both! We did 2 costumes this year, Jorge wanted his birthday party theme to be Batman, so he had to dress like batman, and then we did Hulk for halloween. Alana was a very cute pink and white sheep, and for Jorge's birthday, we created our own version of a fairy, and named her costume Alanabell!!!!

For halloween we went trick or treating. The kids had sooo much fun, we also dis the Pumpkin patch deal, we took amazing pictures!!! The kids picked their own pumpkin, and then we carved it at home . . . Jorge is starting to want to do all these things, its just super cool!

Alana is now starting to give little steps, she will do 2 steps, and then fall, or throw herself to the floor, and crack up about the fall. She is finally allowing us to feed her. She never eats without giving a fight, but she gives in a lot faster than her brother . . . .they are both horrible eaters.

We also did Christmas decorations early this year! We are going to spend the month of November, and half of December in Bogota, so I decided to leave everything ready, so we would not have to worry about it when we returned home!

We took Alana and Jorge to get  haircuts, she loved it, she loves the whole pampering thing  . .. Jorge loves it as well!!! He likes the attention, and pops he gets at the end, and also buying caramel popcorn from the store next door!

The kids are just doing amazingly well! We cannot stop counting our blessings!!!

They are growing so fast!

So we are a month away from Jorge's 4th birthday! TIme has flown, and he is doing so so well! I am just amazed at how much he has gone through and how well he is doing! We are just so blessed. His speech is also improving a lot, he is finally making de c, and f sound at the beginning of a word. He still struggles a bit with some words, and it takes us a while to understand what he is trying to say, but that does not stop our little guy, if he can not speak it, then he will point it, or use his hands until we understand what he wants. That is just who he is, a fighter that will never give up!

Alana is also doing amazing. She is now 8 months, and is finally crawling like she should. She can stand on her own and cruise grabbing herself from things. she i snow asking for things, she can wave hello, and bye bye, also can clap, and knows where her hands are. She is making dada sounds as well as caca, still no mama!!!! She is a very alert and very smart little girl. She nows what she wants, and will let you know!!!

The cutest thing is to watch them both interact. They fight, and they hug an kiss. Jorge is a loving and caring big bro, and she is a little pain in his behind! LOL we are just so in love!!!!

And She can stand!

Alana just turned 7 months yesterday, and today she already started pulling up! She hit her eye while attempting to do this . . . . This little girl just keeps on amazing us. Jorge is also doing awesome. His speech keeps on getting better, and finally he is eating like a champ! At school he eats as much as the other kids, and in the same amount of time. Both my kids are just champs! So in love!

A whole new World!

So a lot has happened in the last year. To begin we got pregnant had a baby, and are now going crazy with both kids. We were blessed with an adorable little girl, and we named her Alana Sofia!. She is just perfect, the most sweet baby ever.  Jorge has also been doing great, he has grown so much. He is now a big brother/ big boy, that is fully potty trained, that no longer has a gtube, and that sleeps in his room in his big boy bed. He is super smart, super cute, and has quite a temper. I am told that this is to be expected, he had to learn to fight to survive, and it became part of his lifestyle.

We have been working hard on his speech. He can communicate, but he has trouble with his pronunciation. He has a few speech disorders, like changing the c sound for a  t, and also deleting syllables, but overall, he is doing great. He is also playing sports. We have him in tennis lessons, and also he has been learning how to swim! On the health issues we finally got his GI system working properly, we are taking a break from dialations, and it seems its for good! We now have one more problem to tackle, which is to remove a cyst in his bladder, and then I think he will no longer need any more surgeries, at least not for now!

He is the most amazing brother, he just adores his baby sister. He likes to help me with the bathing, diaper changing, and even the feeding. He does get a bit jealous sometimes, but for the most part he has been super good!

The baby is also a super star. She is so advanced for her age. She lifted her head almost a week after she was born, also she was born with her eyes wide open, and was able to stay awake for 4 hours straight the night she was born. She started putting weight on her feet by the time she was 2 months. At this same time she started turning from her belly upwards. She also learned before she was three months to hold her bottle. At three months she was also pushing upwards, and standing with assistance. At four months she was already sitting and rolling, and at 5 months she already started crawling, its more like a snake move, but she is moving all over!

Both my kids just continue to amaze me. Jorge is such a bright kid, and a fighter, he was able to learn to crawl, turn, lift his head, sit, stand up, and give steps, in three months, I think it is amazing specially considering that he was in the NICU for 5 months, and also was hooked to a ventilator for most of this his stay there, and then my baby girl, she is just a very curious and fast learning little girl. They are just out of this world.

Jorge was such a good sleeper. Since he was tiny he was very well behaved and calm. Alana on the other hand is wild, loud, won't sleep. She is the opposite of what her baby brother was, but like I always say I would not have it any other way! I am just completely in love with my family!

Potty Training!

So we began the training for Jorge to finally get rid of his diapers. Today was the first day and he went three times in his potty!!!!
The first time was early int he morning, I made sure the room was really cold, and turned on the water, took his diaper off, and sat them on his Elmo potty, And two minutes later, he went. We were so excited and cheered for him so much, that the second time he took his diaper off, and told me he wanted to go to the bathroom, the lights were off, so he would not go in, so as soon as I turned them on, he went in and peed a bit on the floor, I quickly sat him again, and he finished in his toilet.  The third time was after his nap, he went like a pro!!! I think the first day went awesome, at this pace, he will no longer use diapers very soon!!!!!!